Electron density images of the middle- And high-latitude magnetosphere in response to the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Tu, Jiannan ^a   Song, Paul ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^a   Huang, Xueqin ^a   Green, James L ^b   Frey, Harald U ^c   Reiff, Patricia H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845768767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011328     Document Type: Article

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